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Raja Yudhishtira (wearing a white turban, under text panel) surveys Hell in search of his brothers. Painting with gold detailing. Scene from 'The Mahabharata'. The text in late 19th-century Urdu, written in a cursive nasta'liq-e khafi hand, refers to the painting as 'Plate number 132'. The painting also dates from the late 19th century, probably from the art schools of Jaipur, India, and adapts a composition from the dispersed late 16th-century 'Jaipur' Razmnamah manuscript (in the Jaipur royal collection, Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum, and British Library), an illustrated Persian translation from the original Sanskrit (version by Naqib Khan) created at the court of the 3rd Mogul Emperor, Akbar I (d.1605).

Horniman Museum and Gardens

Forest Hill

Title

Raja Yudhishtira Surveys Hell in Search of his Brothers

Date

19th C

Medium

paint on wood

Measurements

H 38 x W 27.5 cm

Accession number

27.2.48/96

Acquisition method

gift, 1948

Work type

Painting

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